NERC
3 Apr
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has fixed N225 Kilowatt per hour for about 15 per electricity customers, who are in a new band A category. Announcing this in Abuja Wednesday, NERC said the increase would not affect band B to E, adding that the number of customers who were previously on band A have…
29 Mar
To streamline operations and enforce parity across its workforce, the Board of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (Eko Disco) yesterday affirmed recent management changes and its decision to harmonize salaries and conditions of service for all employees.
27 Mar
Amid worsening electricity supply across the federation, the Federal Government has cautioned against power theft and vandalism, observing that the actions were detrimental to realisation of uninterrupted energy in the country.
22 Mar
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) says it plans to meter about 600,000 customers within the next five years, with an annual target of 120,000 meter installations from 2024 to 2028.
21 Mar
Electricity subsidy in Nigeria has risen exponentially to about N6 trillion in the last 10 years, even as the President Bola Tinubu administration struggles to keep a commitment to funding the power sector.
12 Mar
Federal Government, yesterday, directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), to withdraw licences of non-performing electricity distribution companies, Distribution Companies (DisCos).
6 Mar
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has announced that excess power from the recently-commissioned Geometric Power Plant in Aba, the capital of Abia State, will be used to boost the national grid.
4 Mar
Prepaid-meters Barely one week after commissioning of its power plant, Geometric Power Group, an Aba, Abia State-based private power generation and distribution company, said that in its bid to enhance transparency, probity and integrity in service delivery to its customers, it has embarked on an aggressive mass metering campaign in addition to the one initiated by the…
29 Feb
The House of Representatives has urged the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to provide a comprehensive report on the performance of the DisCos in metering electricity customers.
28 Feb
Nigeria may be losing about 40 per cent of electricity generation to theft even as the metering of over eight million consumers remained a challenge.
21 Feb
An electricity consumer group, All Electricity Consumer Protection Forum, said the current Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu is performing below expectations.
21 Feb
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), the Chief Justice of the Federal and other judges as well as the National Assembly, yesterday, in Abuja stressed the need to strengthen the legal framework to address the challenges facing the power sector.
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